NextMove: a distributed project management tool

Authors:
David K. M. Mak;Philippe K. Kruchten
Affiliations:
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada;University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Venue:
SE'07 Proceedings of the 25th conference on IASTED International Multi-Conference: Software Engineering
Year:
2007

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Abstract

Agile distributed software development teams often face difficulties in communicating and coordinating tasks because of logistical problems and technological limitations. This paper introduces NextMove, a distributed project management tool that is built on the Eclipse Platform. NextMove assists teams in managing their tasks by generating recommendations for task priority and task allocation using a variety of heuristics. In addition, NextMove provides a means of viewing all distributed team members' activities, as well as a mechanism for team members to provide feedback to the team. Project managers thereby have more time to handle exceptional cases, and the increased project transparency allows team members to more easily locate relevant information.